Idiom
hot under the collar
Meaning
Angry; agitated.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He gets hot under the collar when he loses at games.”
“The customer became hot under the collar after waiting an hour for his food.”
“The politician grew visibly hot under the collar as the journalist pressed him for details regarding the scandal.”
Examples
simple
“He gets hot under the collar when he loses at games.”
contextual
“The customer became hot under the collar after waiting an hour for his food.”
complex
“The politician grew visibly hot under the collar as the journalist pressed him for details regarding the scandal.”
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